tbh i havent done much research on the matter

lol

no, im a personal freedoms kinda guy so im def chill with the idea

but i dont really see myself advocating for it

lol

sounds fun

so, if your so agaist the war on drugs

why are you on a back the blue discord?

oh

lmao

really?

why?

okay, we agree on that

but i personally think they're more of a state mafia then anything else lol

im not interested in removing them all-together

but they deserve MUCH less gov spending

really?

go ahead

im just thinking of all the military grade weapons they have

as well as that quartar of a million dollars in settlements

imma ignore him lol

im looking it up

they do have assault rifles and submachine guns

i dont think he is though lol

bro, im lookin at a wiki article

gimme a sec i guess

pls no

adjusting for inflation, police spending has more than doubled since the 1970s

even though violence has gone down

why is that?

what studies?

violent crime has gone down over time in those cities too

even if its higher then average

lol

which part? the money or the violence over time

coolio

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

yuo

yup

i found that as part of a general article

well, redlining is the first thing that comes to mind

im def a BLM guy

yeah, but a lot of that has to do with social media

like, algorithms make it so we are essectially working with different facts

a shitton of ppl actually believe biden cheated the election

like, its a problem

yeah, but i personally think radicalization on the right is MUCH worse

like, radicalization on the left is kinda who cares in my opinion lol

who cares if we have some commies running areound

portland?

no they aren't

that is objectively untrue

most domestic terrorism is commited by right-wingers

93% of blm riots are peaceful

you are 100% wrong

domestic terror

totally a rightwing thing

huh?

i mean, cnn is left leaning but its not a thinktank

do you have a problem with the study itself?

redlining is a systematic injustice faced by black people

rlly? 5 studies? can i see em?

who cares if its illegal, its still a systematic injustice that has happened and still affects black people

cool

it still affects them

also their have been studies that show that if someone has a black sounding name they have a lower chance of being hired

gimme a sec

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews

oh

wrong one

here it is: https://www.nber.org/digest/sep03/employers-replies-racial-names

thats pretty straight forward

thats a really straight forward systematic injustice

who cares if its illegal

it is still a systematic injustice

im talking about in the context of this conversation

do you know the defenition of oppression

lol. nice

https://www.nber.org/digest/sep03/employers-replies-racial-names

you talkin to me? im sorry but i dont know what that means

"prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control." do you agree with this defenition?

yes, but black people clearly would have a harder time getting a job

okay, so if you agree with that defention, would you agree that having a harder time getting a job would constitute "unjust treatment"?

lol, you mean pre-covid right?

and we reached that for all races right? mostly because of obama era policies

let me do some research on affirmative action

okay, i cant keep up with all this bs

get in VC

if you dont have a mic you can just listen and type

can we all not agree that having a harder time getting a job counts as unfair treatment and therefore oppression

k, get in the VC and tell me which part of that sentence you have an issue with

please find me an instance of that happening and we can talk about it

https://discord.com/channels/794805765394399263/794811764709523487/795385263417327626

its right there in plain text

im not black

i dont want to be oppresse

but we need to recognize problems with society before we can fix them

i wanted you to be more specific so we could talk about it, i agree affimative action exists but ppl will not be given a job "just because they're black"

since we know that black ppl will have a harder time finding employement, we have put things in place to try and make it a little easier to balance things out

please find me an affirmative action polocy